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St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08

each other better for weeks sep.ra-
ton"
Poor Grace! Il was very hard. and
il seemed - IL she could not bear it
The hours went 30 slowly she was glad
when mamma + Id her it was bedtime,
and she went to sleep thinking that
one day had gone. What long. long
week that was!
Leslie came over every morning to
the gate. and threw her kisses, which
she returned with interest. Il seemed
to Grace that she could never quarrel
with Leslie again. and that she should
Be perfectly willing that he should have
his own way in every thing. il that
dreadful week would only come to IN
end. And it really did ut last
Grace awoke early that morning and
could hardly eat her breakfast she WAS
% excited. She had just left the tstle
when Leslie rushed in. Papa add
mamma laughed over the joyful meet
ing.
'.Mamma said I could stay all the
morning." said Leslie. land you must
come over and stay this afternoon with
me-can't she. Aunt Jessie? Get al
your dolls. Grace. and wen play they
arc poor children. and take them
out into the country and give 'em .
jolly treat I've saved up all my
money to get some peanuts and candy
mamma said l could I've got eight
cents."
Hadn't you . little rather play
'nagerie with your Noah's ark. Leslie?'
asked Grace. ''cause I should like il
ever 50 much"
''May be wen play that afterwards"
said Leslie; ''but hurry and get your
dolls and hat. cause we've got ever %
much playing to make up. you know.
Wen have just splendid time"
''rm 50 glad We can play together
again." said Grace. as she brought her
extensive family. ut seemed most ~
II you were dead and twas dreadful;
but we won't ever lose any more weeks
will we Leslie?"
And they never did. for the lesson
did not need to be repeated.-Jwlso D.
Peek. IN YostHs C0mpanioM
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
w. G.. KENTZEL. Editor
LITERARY LIFE

Aoe ooid Dime Novelist stretched and yawned
ana said: Il have done good nights work
me rosy morning has not vet dawned.
ana I've finished my tale OF The Deacon's {
Dirk
ne mas murdered his aged uncle in bed.
ana taken dozen bags OF gold,
ana . rich mans daughter, and merrily fied
40 SEA TO become pirate bold;
IN Chapter Z he has cut the ears
Ou seventeen desperate mutineers:
ne mas hanged from the yard arm about score,
And vivisected . small lot more;
ne mas rescued eleven Circassian girls
ana killed three traders in India pearls;
ne mas caused . number OF shocking wrecks
ana painted vermilion . lot Of decks:
ana four times he has escaped from Jail
BY carving the keepers in pieces fine:
ana toe ultimate chapter would turn you pale,
For the deaths must average two per line,
And think have got this thing down fine,
ana business 10 bad il this book can fail"
And his wife stole INTO the room just then.
~ vail was heard from the room in the
And she said: win you wipe your CORY pen
And take spell 1t the baby. dear.''
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS


he sun has gone from TIE shining slies:
Bye, baby. bye.
Tho dAndelio0s have closed their eyos:
Bye. baby. bye.
And the STAN sEe lighting their lanvs 70 80
II the babies and squirrels md birds. I'll thrse.
Are sound asloep - they ooght 70 -.
Bye. baby. bya
he squirrel d dressed in coat Of sTay;
Bye, baby, bye.
He wears Il b. night - we'll - oy day;
Bye, baby. oye
The robin sleeps In his feasAers and down
With the warn rod breast md The Wtnes q
But he baby wears httle white oow1
Bye. baby. bye.
The oQuiIIelO nest u . hole IN tAo tEoos
Bye, baby, 6ya.
And there he sleeps - snug - Ao oon b;
Bye, baby, bye.
The robins nest y high overhead.
Where the leafy boughs of the maple speeod:
but The babes nest y little white bed
Bye, baby, bye.
-Esdoro 8 BNastsed. = = A1eAosaa
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
PUNoENT PARAGRAPHS.

DO the truth you know. and you
shall learn the truth you need to know.
George Mac Donald
Talk is cheap. The man who talks
too much gets % liberal that he gives
himself away. Baltimore american.
Busy lives, like busy waters. are
generally pure. Stagnant lives. like
stagnant pools. breed corruption.-W
D. Nicholas.
Tho young man who can 60 into .
pawnshop without . quickening OF the
pulse and . heightening of the color
has been there bef0re.-PEck
Tho man who sits down and waits
to be appreciated will find himself
among uncal'ed for baggage after the
limited express has gone by.-R1itetau
Tines.
"A shark was found high and dry
on the beach at Savin Rock, Conn.
recently. 1t 10 thought he was on his
way to Wall street and got wrecked
Rochester Express.
Every man has some peculiar train
Of thought which he falls back upon
when alone. This. to = great degree.
molds the man.-Dugald SteUart.
An article is printed on '.How to
Treat Your Wife" One good way
would be to treat her as we'll - you
did before you married her. bat few
married men do that-Someruille
Journal.
Mistress to applicant) - "What
wages will you expect!" Applicant
"Well. mum. l ginerally draws 20
much . week. mum; and If the mas
ther. after payin' the butcher an gro
Gerry man on . Saturday night has any
thin left, it's share an share aloike,
mum."-Dvake's AagaziSe.
Tho Lancet announces tho discov.
cry of . new anesthetic in Australia,
to which the name ''drumine'' 10 given.
II some philan:hropic genius win Just
20 ahead in this line and discover ri.
anoine" and ''cornetine." public con.
6dence in the practical value Of science
will be immensely strengthsned.-
Lys.
"A remarkable occurrence TOOK
place in an adjoining county one day
last week. A horse was killed By light.
ming. and . newspaper account Of the
incident. instead Of saying - valaabls
horse" belonging to Mr.. So-and-so.
stated that the animal WAS ''old and
nearly worthless" This II the first
time on record that horse killed b
lightning was not reported - ''valur
bla."-Norrisloaon Her0l6
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08

"A Jamestown photographsf claims
70 have taken some excellent pictures
Of . cyclone which fingered in that
vicinity recently. When We Sc one Of
them We win ieela good deal more like
believing the story. A photogropher
who can 90 out and set up his machine
and fAee . cyclone and make it look
pleasant and hold IL chin . httle higher
and keep still losg enough TO have il
picture taken must have lots of 0sgyes
-Dakol0 Bell
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
PLAY.TIME.

TAe Hsppaasss % CAuaAesA O.s q 0eas
0eeA 0ans-as Delights h I..essas ~
vsssioa.
Play 10 neither idleness nor folly. Il
Il one Of the many good things which
have come into your life from Heaven.
1t is gift from God. It is one of His
wonderful works When He made the
beautiful earth and the sky. and tho
body and soul Of man. He made the
happy play Of childhood It il part
Of your life rs truly as prayer is. ~
truly ~ the soul itself is. And it il
part Of the life Of children all the world
over. II it were possible 10 journey
with the sunlight and see all that il
sees. and 60 round and round the globe
with it. we should everywhere zee chill
dren at play.
Now. the first thing want you to see
b that this playing Of you boys and
girls in the streets. or anywhere else.i
. pleasure to God. He is God 90 kind
and loving that He delights IN every
thing innocent that is delight to you
Just as He delights in tho songs Of
birds and in the color and fragrance Of
flowers. He delights in the play Of child
hood. 1t was because He was thinking
Of it as . pleasure that he sent Zecha-
riah to tell the builders Of Jerusalem
the good news that childreA should
soon be playing in the strsetA
God has made play . part Of your
life because He wants you to be strong.
He has work waiting in the years to
como for every boy and girl on the
earth; and although it il not all the
same kind Of work. all Of it ID work
which will want strength for the doing.
Therefore. He will not have you always
It tasks He has divided the time for
tasks with time for play. He will have
you out in the open air. By your
games He will have your body in
endless motion. You shall rum and
not be weary. You shall leap and
dance. and race and climb 20 that
every part Of you may be made strong
for the work that lies before you in life.
For another thing. God wants you
IN have . happy gateway into life.
Nobody can tell beforehand whether
your after life will be happy; but God
in His love has secured that the time OF
play shall be happy. In games you
arc Joined together. Just - we who are
old in our tolls The playground Is .
little world. You can not have any
pleasure in any Of its games unless you
try to have the others playing with you
- happy a. yourself To be unkind.
unjust unfair. or ungenerous in
. game. il to spoil it Or bring 1t to
IN end. Surely this is new. rich ad-
dition to our knowledge Of God. when
We discover that the SINE kind Father.
Who gave His Son 70 die for % that He
might deliver rs from sin and death.
made the Joy and play Of boys and girls
in the streets and in the house. May
you carry something Of tho Joy Of it all
through life with you. and may you 70
member that God has been 30 good 70
you that He has set your life between
two worlds Of joy-the world Of your
happy childhood and the world that
awaits you in Heaven. AIexasdtS
Macleod, D! d
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
HER DAUGHTER PARrHENY.

HER DAUGHTER PARTHENY.
Nov IN Eatsrpr,slag Neither Proposes q
Rope In . Son-ln.Lsw.
A sallow-complexioned old lady, &C.
companied by a phcnomenally unpre.
possessing daughter. recently walked
into an Austin photograph gallery.
''Be you the Photographic man?" she
inquired.
"Ycs. man," replied the artist in
plate glass and chemicals. ''can do
any thing for you?"
mo. l reckon not. I'm too far over
the border for you to waste any Of your
mechanical genius on me. It's my
darter Partheny here that l want tuck.
Can't yer sorter mitergste that COM
plexion Of her. and build up that nose
what was broke by fallin' outer .
winier?"
Il think can." replied the artist.
1--WE seen picturs of dead loads Of
our relations. an I've alters noticed
that the picturs dattered 'em nightly.
l know enough about the biz to recog-
nize that you have got every thing in
your own hands. You kin make .
woman like jimplecute Of the first
water. or Mrs. Langtry. jest as yer
please. Say. can't yer take in Par
theny's ears . few so she won't look 50
much like male rabbit?''
There will be no difficulty in that"
"How about that air squint in her
left eye?"
Il can touch it up with India ink"
What particular pose do yer think
best for Partheny's style Of beauty, full
circus or side show?"
'.You mean quarter view or profile"
Il guess do. You see the photo
graph is goin' to . young Teller what
put an advertisement in the paper for
correspondents. an Partheny's writin'
to him. Now you see. it won't hurt for
the pictur to sortcr mitergate her little
blemishee. You'll do the fair thing by
Partheny. won't yer!"
Certainly. madam. I'll do my bcst.
.Well, all right then. Jest 60 ahead
and square them shoulders back just .
tribe, and bring the nose down fine.
wipe OF them freckles. and tone down
her ears-an' the hair! Il won't be red
in the pictur. will its"
%. no, there will b no color shown
but black"
That's . comfort! Gracious! Par
theny. what would that young man
think II you sent him an oil paintin'
taken from life! Kin ! stay in the
room!"
20. yes"
IAN right Strike an attitood. Par
theny, that won't give yer away. and
ws'll rope in that young man IS sure
- you're foot high. ."-zszas SJair9s.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

-Ihere arc vlUUsUUUsUUV luvcSteu ~
the watch industry in this country.
"A cannery in Oregon that is putting
up ten thousand cans Of peas day
turns out . great quantity OF vinegar.
which is made Of juice obtained BY boil
ing the pods Of the peas
Tho well-known West Point
foundry situated At Cold Spring. is to
be sold. The establishment has been in
uninterrupted operation since 1919. and
achieved fame during the rebellion from
its heavy guns.
AN investigation Of Spanish earth
quakes BY two Italian physicists shows
that they are more common in the coast
regions than in the interior. and in the
south than in the north; also that they
occur most frequently in the autumn
and winter months.
"A new material. termed celluvert.
is now made by passing paper. or any
fibrous form Of cellulose. through bath
of nitric acid; tho glutinous surfaces %
produced are then pressed together and
washed, when they form . very tough
and hard substance. useful In the in
dustrial arts.-Bost0n Budget
According to DR.. Hellman. the Ger
man investigator Of lightning statistics.
. house built on . limestone foundation
that is. in district where the under
lying geological formation is limestone
lis least exposed to danger from light
ming. In . sandy region the danger 10
nine times as great, and dwelling on
loamy ground is twenty-five times -
likely to be struck.
An artificial ivory. Of cream white
aess and great hardness. IL now made
from good potatoes washed in diluted
sulphuric acid. then boiled in the same
solution until they become solid and
dense. They are then washed free Of
the acid and slowly dried. This ivory
can be dyed and turned and made use
full in many waya-ArkonsoU Traueler.
"A method Of clarifying water has
been devised by Prof Dobroslavine.
Of St. Petersburg. He uses first So
luton Of perchloride of iron. and
follows that with . solution Of carbon
ate Of soda The quantities are said to
be three grains Of the perchloride Of
iron and four grains of the soda crys-
tails per gallon Of water.-BostoS TSaS-
script
Tho Shoe and Leather Reporter says
that strikes in the shoe trade during the
last year have cost in wages from
$5. .Oo0. 900 to $4,000. 600. Nearly half !
this sum is said to have been lost in the
five months strike in Winchester
County, Mass. The Wilmington strike
Of morocco workers lasted seven months
and cost 8225. 900 The strikes at Sa-
lem and Peabody. Mass. entail loss
of s.. 900. 900 in wages. Lesser strikes
bring up the total
The government Of the Australian
colony Of Victoria is about to undertake
the exploration Of the interior Of New
Guinea, BY sending out an expedition
under the command Of the Rev. J.
Chalmers. = missionary who has &C !
quired . thorough knowledge Of the
natives and great influence over them.
Recent explorations in the German part !.
Of New Guinea show that the largo |
river named after the Empress Augusta !;
10 navigable for small steamers to .
point two hundred and twenty-four /
miles from its mouth.-M r Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
"Take mp . double-time. mister, We
haven't got all day to wait"


haven't got all day to wait"
Fall in!' the command was. sharply.
You should have seen those green boys
trying to get in ranks. There were now
about one hundred .'beasts." and they
looked like . herd of Texas steers.
though more subdued. After . while
the beasts" including my trembling
self. were strung out into long. waver-
ing line. and a cadet corporal COM
menced to call the roll of candidates.
Each one was instructed to answer.
'.Herer Some who answered present"
were nipped in the bud. and taught .
lesson in cadet discipline. One poor
fellow, who was rather tardy in reply
ing to his name, was commanded 10
''step out and answer to his name. "
''Step out" is the West Point slang for
make haste" and when the ''beast"
actually did step out Of rank. he was
surprised at the celebrity with which he
was made to step back. The forma-
ton was for dinner. and we were re-
tanned until the battalion of cadets had
started. They marched Of. headed by
the drum corps. with all the accuracy
and beauty Of . vast machine. Finally
our time came. The plebes at the head
of the column interpreted the meaning
Of the command. Forward. march,"
and the procession started for the large
granite structure known as the mess
hall.
1t was like running the gauntlet.
One cadet in the rear of the line hol-
lered at me in voice of special envy:
drag in your chin about yard.
mister! want to see less slouching
among you beasts; stand up. sir" I
tried to obey. Each plebe had his coat
buttoned full up. the palms Of his hands
to the front and all the while his toes
digging up the gravel Of the area
At the mess hall several tables laden
with substantials. were for the beasts"
though not many ate heartily. Had
we been allowed to take our eyes from
our plates we would have seen several
hundred spooney cadets partaking Of
victuals with relish born Of exercise,
and discussing merrily camp festivities
and the budding pleasure Of climbing
beasts" We could hear the whirr aud
clatter. but il a cheeky ''beast" looked
up from his plate. in an instant
''yearling'' corporal would be on hand
to reprimand him with ''Well. mister.
what are you gazing around for? Do
you suppose we are put here for you tc
look at?"
Dinner over. back to barracks the
''beasts" were marched. 1t was not
many days. however. before we were
to the camp to join our
brethren who had pre-
ceded US.
Reporting has its novelty, and by the
time the young aspirant enters camp a
great deal of the novel is gone; that is.
the ice is broken. but the freezing sem
sation still fingers.
Plebe camp is the most uncomfortable
portion Of the four years spent in cadet
service.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08

Anger ventilated often hurries to.
ward forgiveness; anger concealed
often hardsns into rsvengs.-Bslsces
LvttoA
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08

Why does young man wear .
single barrel. center fire eye-glass. my
SON? Well. because that kind Of .
Young man never understands moro
than half he sees, and BY shutting o6
one-half the spectacle he manages to
keep about half way up with the show.
Does thee savy? Well. keep on a-savy.
in. and il you must wear . minocle.
keep both eyes wide open and wear
your minocle over your mouth and
you'll know more and look prettisr.-
RuTdett4
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-10-08
The Seasons Favorite.

There is one thing very noticeable at
all the resorts this summer. too. and
that is the red-headed girls are inn
mensely popular all round. That must
be because they are so agreeable. A
red-headed girl is sure to be jolly. just
as homely girl is sure to be bright
There is no nonsense either about =
red-headed girl. She is full Of courage
and strength. Many Of the pluckiest
and most daring swimmers here have
hair of the cardinal hue. There were
80 many Of the girls in bathing this
morning that the surf reminded one Of
strawberry water ice. Afterwards tho
girls stood out on the beach wringiny
the sea water ont OF their long. thick
:resses. When half-dozen Of them
got in . row. with their shining hair
lowing out behind them. you might
have fancied. If you had good imaSin-
alton. that there was . new sunset At
eleven o'clock in the morning. and one.
too. that might put the old sunset to
the blush.-Raiiadelphio Press.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-17
RECORDING OF BIRTHS AND
DEATHS.

An act of the Legislature, approved
March 20, 1887. provides that every person
who shall officiate at the birth of child
shall make a record thereof, and within
three months after such birth shall make
and deliver to the Recorder of Deeds of
the county wherein the birth took place, a
certificate lnder his hand containing the
facts of such birth. 1t also provides that
every person who shall of6ciate at the
burial of any deceased person shall make a
record thereof and within two weeks after
such death shall make and deliver, or send
by the due course of mail or express, or by
such other manner as will insure safe
transit, to the Recorder of Deeds of the
county wherein such death took place, a
certificate under his hand containing par
ticuars of such death.
All certificates of births and deaths shall
be filed and recorded by the Recorder in o
book kept for that purpose, and the Board
of Commissioners of the several counties
shall provide blanks certificates, to be paid
for by the county, to be furnished to ply.
sicians midwives and undettakers, to en-
able them to carry out and comply with
the requirements of the act.
Failure to comply with the provisions
of the act is punishable by fine of not
less than $40 nor more than $50 for each
ofense, and wilfully making false Ger
tificate of any birth or death is punishable
by fine not exceeding $500, or imprison
meet in the county jail for any period moi
exceeding six months.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-17
THE NEW LICENSE ACT.

Following is the full text of an amend
ment to the License Act, which was passed
at the last session of the Legislature, and
approved February l, 1887:
SEC. TO- The County Auditor shall
from time to time deliver to the Sheriff as
many of such licenses as may be required,
and shall sign the same and charge them
to the Sheriff provided, that before sign
ing or delivering any license to Sheriff,
the Auditor shall fill out the license in
full, stating therein to whom said license is
issued, the kind of business authorized to
be carried on under the license, the room,
building and placewhere the business is to be
carried on, the dates when said license be-
gins and expires and the amount of money
to be paid therefor, and shall at the same
time make entries of the same upon the
stubs in the license-book. Whenever any
license is returned, by the Sheriff, unsold,
the Auditor shall cancel and file the license,
and note the fact and date of such cancella-
tion upon the stubs thereof. No Board of
County Commissioners shall audit or allow
any claim in favor Of Sheriff until there
shall be fled with said Board the certified
statement of the Auditor that all settle
ments required by the list Section of the
Act of which this is amendatory, have
been made by said Sheriff. The amount
of all licenses issued to the Sheriff and not
accounted for shall be deducted before any
claim shall be allowed to Sheriff. No
county shall be liable to the Auditor, other
than for his official salary, for any fees or
for any services required of him under this
Act.
The construction placed upon this
amendment is that all persons requiring
licenses shall apply to the Sheriff for the
same, giving in the application descrip-
tiou of the room or building in which the
business is to be carried on for which the
l;oapsa a 10 ;ssued